Olde GnarlyWine
Lagunitas Brewing Company

Olde GnarlyWineOlde GnarlyWine
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From:
Lagunitas Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
American Barleywine
Ranked #110
ABV:
10.9%
Score:
91
Ranked #7,406
Avg:
4.07 | pDev: 9.34%
Reviews:
766
Ratings:
1,729
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 16, 2024
Added:
Sep 22, 2001
Wants:
  153
Gots:
  308
2011: 10.6% ABV, 69 IBU
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Ratings by saintwarrick:
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Reviewed by saintwarrick from South Carolina

3.62/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Rusty red brew has a decent thick, foamy white head. Aroma is very sweet, lots of honey and brown sugar with hints or caramel and toffee with a good citric hoppy kick as well. Very malty aroma lends itself to the taste, which borders on an English barleywine. Very sweet like cocoa and caramel but the hops really don't come through as they should in the syle. This is a 2009, but it tastes aged as the hops are not to be found in this brew. Still an enjoyable brew, but hoppy barleywine lovers might want to look elsewhere.
Dec 04, 2009
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Reviewed by ZebulonXZogg from Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From 2017. The pour is a foggy reddish brown with a tan head with reddish highlights, a bit of spotty lacing. Boogar factory says caramel, toffee, burnt sugar, taste buds agree, adding some dark fruit. Not much hoppines left. I'd like to see this as a barrel aged 4x12 like Willettized.
Feb 16, 2024
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
amazing beer name! a true beauty here, from way before barleywine was "life" among the beer nerds. simple in all the right ways, fully american in its composition, a little more hot and dry than the english ones, and certainly more hoppy. also very little from the yeast on this, so its pretty straightforward beer. i like it a lot fresh, when the hops are front and center, but this also ages as well as just about anything lagunitas makes, mellowing out well, and seemingly taking on complexity in the cellar. a glowing low reddish color in the glass, near clear, with a frothing inch plus of white head, more lively in the glass than a lot of these look, and with a pretty distinctive crimson shade too, not just light amber, unique. the nose is kind of basic when its fresh, a specific type of crystal malt, not too rich or sugary or toasted, more dry and kilned to me, with light floral honey to it, and then the hops, which hit bitter, piney, and a little spicy, oily and robust, almost imperial west coast ipa vibes. the flavor is more balanced, the grain is pretty sturdy, its earthy and only slightly sweet, it has baked warmth to it, hiints of red apple, golden raisin, and faint toffee. the hops are there the whole way, weedy and dank through much of this, but with light citrus and even juniper on the finish, bitter enough for this to be balanced. in the older bottles, the hops keep their bitterness but lose that fruit and herb thing, so this becomes more about the malt, and it takes on a little more of a layered thing, some dry earthy grain, some concentrated long boiled character, a little fig and date aspect, its great in both phases. the alcohol is always present in this, never burning too intense, but its warm the whole way, even in the really old bottles, not out of place in the style, and it kind of carries the flavor along with it, i dont mind it at all. this is not the kind of beer lagunitas is known for, but this is a classic in their lineup and a beer i hope comes back again someday, been awhile since we have seen some of these original beers of theirs...
Jan 09, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by dbrauneis from North Carolina

Dec 12, 2022
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Reviewed by GlenFarclas from Connecticut

4.45/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Looks pretty awesome, deep dirty amber almost rusty in color. Nose is plum, fig, caramalt, maybe some oxidized hops, a hint of cocooa, orange peel. Some booze too, likely a headiness that catches you when you inhale a second too long.

Tastes great, I really do get a lot of dutch processed cocoa upfront. Just big booming chocolatey bitterness. Then it coats the palate in velvety brown sugar, sweet malt character and hits this like medium finish of cocoa and sweet, syrupy maple. Temp is probably right around 50 odd degrees, so it's not ice cold. Yeah, maybe some very subtle citrus, but this one's carried by a ton of cocoa up front.

Psssst this is like 5 bucks for a bomber. Not 20 odd, with wax, only available if you know the Instagram code...
Jul 31, 2022
 
Rated: 4.1 by bismarksays from Iowa

Jan 10, 2022
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Reviewed by chum_husk from Minnesota

3.33/5  rDev -18.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A bottle from 2018

This thing has mellowed out considerably, as it is an extremely hoppy ale when fresh. As it stands the main flavors are dark malt notes: coffee, dark fruits, leather, booze.
Jul 31, 2021
 
Rated: 4.26 by Unclevince from West Virginia

Jan 17, 2021
 
Rated: 3.8 by AllOfTheCats from Wisconsin

Sep 26, 2020
 
Rated: 4.5 by lebrisa from Connecticut

Jun 03, 2020
 
Rated: 4.14 by JakerLou from New Hampshire

May 29, 2020
 
Rated: 3.5 by doctorgary from New York

Mar 04, 2020
 
Rated: 4.4 by Dougwillhike from New Jersey

Feb 14, 2020
 
Rated: 3.63 by BeerMe8 from Florida

Feb 13, 2020
 
Rated: 4.42 by DruC4 from Michigan

Dec 11, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by baklo from North Carolina

Dec 02, 2019
 
Rated: 3 by brandoneast from Texas

Jun 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.2 by thegreatnicoli from Texas

Jun 11, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by ian_graf from Minnesota

Jun 09, 2019
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Reviewed by Samlover55 from New York

4.34/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
22oz bottle into Tulip
2017 vintage
Pours Auburn with thin head
Caramel, toffee, booze,
Burnt carmelized sugar, toffee, herbal medicinal hoppy finish
Feel is medium bodied and syrupy, alcohol hidden well
Overall this is a great Barleywine and cheap
May 26, 2019
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